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Chambliss Attorneys Selected for Best Lawyers in America© 2021
Six Selected as “Lawyer of the Year”
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. is honored to announce Best Lawyers in America© named six attorneys as “Lawyer of the Year” in the Chattanooga area among the 23 selected for The Best Lawyers in America© 2021. Eight Chambliss attorneys were named to the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list.
Best Lawyers® recognized six Chambliss attorneys as 2021 Chattanooga “Lawyer of the Year” for a select group of practice areas:
Attorney Name | 2021 Lawyer of the Year, Chattanooga, Practice Area |
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William M. Barker | Mediation |
Richard W. Bethea | Product Liability Litigation – Defendants |
J. Nelson Irvine | Mergers and Acquisitions Law |
Harold L. North, Jr. | Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law |
Mark Turner | Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) |
Paul Weidlich | Patent Law |
Each of these lawyers represents a wide variety of clients across the nation on matters ranging from elder law to product liability disputes. Justice William M. Barker focuses his practice on arbitration and mediation. Richard W. Bethea is a litigator, representing and defending clients in a variety of areas: intellectual property, patent, commercial, and product liability. Harold L. North counsels clients on bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights, as well as commercial litigation matters. Clients turn to J. Nelson Irvine for matters in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and nonprofit and charities law. Mark Turner concentrates his practice on business financing and transactions. Paul Weidlich counsels clients on intellectual property matters including copyright, patent, and trademark law.
Best Lawyers selects only one lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area as the “Lawyer of the Year.” The publication selects lawyers based on voting averages received during the peer review assessments. Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect each lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and same practice areas for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.
Best Lawyers selected eight Chambliss attorneys for the first edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch:
Attorney Name | Practice Area |
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Stephen Adams | Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law |
Charles W. Gilbreath II | Labor and Employment Law – Management |
Willa Kalaidjian | Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law |
Calvin Marshall | Corporate Law, Health Care Law |
Leah Mitchell | Elder Law, Real Estate Law |
Martha Culp Millener | Real Estate Law |
Jed Roebuck | Corporate Law, Health Care Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law |
Kirby Yost | Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate Law |
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch attorneys are extraordinary attorneys who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the U.S. These attorneys are typically those who have been in practice for five to nine years and have displayed outstanding professional excellence. This recognition is based on peer review, as well.
“We are proud of the professionalism and service our attorneys show our clients every day. Each of the individuals recognized are very deserving of the acknowledgement,” said President Mark Cunningham. “It is also exciting to see several of our up and coming leaders recognized in the inaugural edition for Ones to Watch. Our next generation of leaders at Chambliss provide high quality solutions and are actively pursuing ways to expand and enhance our client services.”
Best Lawyers recognized 23 Chambliss attorneys in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021:
Attorney Name | Practice Area |
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William P. Aiken | Corporate Law, Health Care Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law |
T. Maxfield Bahner | Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – First Amendment |
William M. Barker | Arbitration, Mediation |
Richard W. Bethea | Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants |
Mark A. Cunningham | Health Care Law |
James F. Exum III | Insurance Law |
Timothy M. Gibbons | Construction Law |
David J. Hill | Copyright Law, Patent Law, Trademark Law |
Rosemarie L. Hill | Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Labor and Employment |
Frederick L. Hitchcock | Energy Law |
Richard T. Hudson | Real Estate Law |
J. Nelson Irvine | Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Nonprofit / Charities Law |
Anthony A. Jackson | Litigation – First Amendment |
John G. Jackson | Litigation – Intellectual Property |
Hugh J. Moore | Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Municipal |
Harold L. North, Jr. | Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law |
Dana B. Perry | Elder Law, Trusts and Estates |
William H. Pickering | Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment |
Michael N. St. Charles | Real Estate Law |
Mark Turner | Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Real Estate Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law |
Paul S. Weidlich | Patent Law |
Gregory D. Willett | Trusts and Estates |
Jay A. Young | Banking and Finance Law, Project Finance Law |
About Best Lawyers®
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Almost 108,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received over 13 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 9.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 67,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
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